Samuel hibbs



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s. HIBBS. PROCESS OF AND APPARATUS FOR GARBURBTING AIR.

No. 511,950. Patented Jan. 2, 1894.

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SAMUEL HIBBS, OF YORK, PENNSYLVANIA.

PROCESS OF AND APPARATUS FOR CARBURETING AlR.-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 511,950, dated January 2, 1894. Application filed January 12, 1893. Serial No. 458| 3 N Infi T0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL HIBBS, a citizen of the United States, residing at York, in the county of York and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Process of and Apparatus for Oarbureting Air, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to gas manufacture; and it has for its object to provide an improved process of and apparatus for carbureting air, by means of which may be readily and practicably manufactured acombustible gas of high efficiency adapted for lighting, heating or other purposes.

With these and other objects in view which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter more fully described, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings:-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a combined gasometer and generator constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a central vertical longitudinal sectional view of the same.

Referring to the'accompanying drawings, A represents an enlarged metallic tank constructed in any suitable shape and acting in the double capacity of a gasometer and generator. The said tank is provided in the bottom thereof with a depending rounded integral drain trap B, from which leads a valved pipe 0, by means of which the liquid contents of the tank can be drained when desired, and said tank is designed to contain liquid strata of carbolic acid and gasoline for the purpose of carbureting the air introduced therein.

At one side of the enlarged tank A, and preferably secured thereto is the smaller liquid box D. The said liquid box D is provided with a depending rounded integral bottom drain trap E and a valved drain pipe F, leading therefrom, to correspond with the drain device for the main tank A, and the said liquid box is provided with a capped top inlet G, by means of which lime water can be introduced into the same. An air supply pipe H, is connected with a suitable air compressor and is provided with an inner curved end 1, arranged within the liquid box D and leadingfrom one side of the same to a point inside of and in close proximity to the bottom of the drain trap E, so as to reach the lowest possible point of the solution of the lime water. The air forced through the pipe H, rises through the lime water, and is relieved to some extent of the carbonic acid gas therein, and then passes through the short auxiliary pipe J, which is connected with the liquid box near the top thereof and curves to a point inside-of the drain trap D, so as to reach the lowest possible point in the carbolic acid partially stratified with the lighter gasoline. The air passing through the hydrocarbons, is now thoroughly carbureted so as to form a combustible gas, containing the necessary ingredients to provide a complete and perfect combustion. The said gas accumulates in quantities in the main tank A, and isconducted to the point of use through the top distributing pipe K.

The solution of carbolic acid and gasoline is introduced into the tank A, through the capped inlet pipe L, connected to one side of the tank A. When the liquids are exhausted they can be readily drained through the pipes O and F as will be readily apparent.

To the entire amount of liquids employed in connection with the apparatus herein described, are used ten per cent. of lime water, fifteen per cent. of carbolic acid, and seventyfive per cent. of gasoline, so that the final product, resulting from the successive and continual passing of the air through each of these liquids, will have been deprived of its incombustible gases and impregnated more perfectly with inflammable vapor. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art, that the carbolic acid being much heavier than the gasoline will not intimately mix, but will stratify sufficiently, so that the major part of the carbolic acid will lie at the bottom of the main tank, whereby the air passes successively through the lime water, the carbolic acid, and then the gasoline. As the air passes through the lime water, the carbonic acid gas is eliminated therefrom, and then passing into the organic acid is more or less deprived of its nitrogen and absorbs combustible matter from such organic acid, and then combines with the hydro-carbon liquid, gasoline, to form a product which possesses the qualities specifled.

Changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to, Without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The herein described process of manufacturing gas which consists in passing air successively through separate portions of lime water, carbolic acid and gasoline, substantially as set forth.

2. In a combined gasometer and generator, the combination of a main tank provided in the bottom thereof with an integral rounded drain trap projected below the plane of the bottom and having a valved drain pipe, said tank being constructed to contain separate strata of liquid chemicals, a side liquid box attached to and supported by the main tank at one side and also provided at its bottom with an integral rounded drain trap having a valved drain pipe, an air supply pipe leading into the top of said liquid box and having an inner curved portion leading to a point inside of the projected drain trap, and an auxiliary pipe arranged Within the main tank and leading from the top of the side liquid box into the projected drain trap so as to dispose the lower end of such auxiliary pipe entirely within the lower strata of chemicals, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL HIBBS.

Witnesses:

WM. I. REISINGER, J ENNIE L. WALTER. 

